COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, Į To the General Assembly of the State of Indiana : In accordance with the provisions of the act for the encouragement of agricul ture, I herewith lay before the General Assembly the Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture, exhibiting the receipts and expenditures of the Board, together with the proceedings and reports of the several county societies, for the year 1854. It is a source of gratification to observe that, in stimulating and rewarding the agricultural and mechanical skill and industry of Indiana, the efforts of the State Board and its auxilliary associations have been, during the past four years, eminently successful. I respectfully recommend that the same number of this report be printed for distribution, to wit: four thousand, among the county societies, and our sister States, who have so generally exchanged with our Board. MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD FOR 1855. PRESIDENT. GENERAL JOSEPH ORR, LAPORTE COUNTY. VICE PRESIDENTS. GENERAL JAMES P. DRAKE, MARION COUNTY. A. J. HAY, Clark County. J. A. MATSON, Putnam County. MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD FOR 1856. PRESIDENT. DR. A. C. STEVENSON, PUTNAM COUNTY. VICE PRESIDENTS. GENERAL JAMES P. DRAKE, MARION COUNTY. GEN. JOSEPH ORR, Laporte County. I. D. G. NELSON, Allen County. J. D. WILLIAMS, Knox County. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1856. DR. A. C. STEVENSON, GEN. JOSEPH ORR,* G. D. WAGNER, GEO. W. LANE, W. T. DENNIS. SECRETARY. JOHN B. DILLON, INDIANAPOLIS. TREASURER. SALMON A. BUELL, INDIANAPOLIS. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. CALVIN FLETCHER, JR., INDIANAPOLIS. • Resigned. |